CA's at-will is a little more complex than that, due to the implied good faith covenant. One (not primary, but fairly clear) source: http://www.cslaw.com/our-

CA's at-will is a little more complex than that, due to the implied good faith covenant. One (not primary, but fairly clear) source: http://www.cslaw.com/our-practice/san-francisco/employment-contracts-and-the-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing/ http://www.cslaw.com/our-practice/san-francisco/employment-c... Googling "california at-will good faith" will unearth much more. Edit: more detail, including that this isn't specific to explicit employment contracts. Also, I'm in no way saying this case would fall under this, only that at-will isn't absolute in CA, even beyond the normal discrimination boundaries. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Breach+of+an+Implied+Covenant+of+Good+Faith+and+Fair+Dealing http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Breach+of+an+I...